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Date:      Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:06:29 -0400
From:      Rob Szarka <szlists@szarka.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Error: shared library "expat.5" does not exist
Message-ID:  <7.0.1.0.0.20060629160315.06961c20@szarka.org>
In-Reply-To: <44lkrfc1pc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <7.0.1.0.0.20060629020952.06a08128@szarka.org> <44lkrfc1pc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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At 01:26 PM 6/29/2006, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>Because it's a "LIB_DEPENDS", the "lib" will automatically be
>prepended to the filename.

Ah, good to know. I was closer than I thought, then.

>You didn't update the x11-fonts/fontconfig /Makefile at the same time,
>or it would be looking for expat.6, not expat.5.
>
> > Any suggestions about how to fix or work around this issue?
>
>Update your whole ports tree.

Ah-ha! Yup, I think you've nailed it. I had left the X11 stuff 
commented out in my supfile, since I don't actually use X per se. 
Fixed that and it looks like it's going to make it to the end of the 
compile this time. *fingers crossed* Thanks!




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